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Offline gavL

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Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« on: 14 April 2009, 16:40 »
I would do a search but for some reason work systems won't allow me to :(

Any ideas if 15" wheels will fit over the above breaks? 17" wheels are just too much for me! :sick:
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Offline H981CVV

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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #1 on: 14 April 2009, 18:27 »
hi, i had 280mm G60 brakes and ats cups and i couldnt get them to fit at all, i would have needed a 1cm spacer at least and then they touched the arches so i decided to put my standard brakes back on. When i had some 16v bbs RAs they did fit but the pads were worn when i fitted them and wouldnt fit with fresh pads and discs. 17" is defo to big for me too.
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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #2 on: 14 April 2009, 18:43 »
Guess it's time to have a look around at 16" wheels, I dont know of many nice 16" 4 studs. :(
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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #3 on: 14 April 2009, 18:45 »
early seat ibiza cupras have 16" 4 studs and are a decent looking OEM alloy.
« Last Edit: 14 April 2009, 18:46 by monkeyalan »
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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #4 on: 14 April 2009, 18:50 »
Quote from: monkeyalan on 14 April 2009, 18:45
early seat ibiza cupras have 16" 4 studs and are a decent looking OEM alloy.

Will take a look when I get in from work at them, thanks for that.
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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #5 on: 14 April 2009, 18:51 »
should have said "some" as they seemed to change the style every few years.

 The ones i've seen are a multispoke (16 spokes?) design.
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Offline jamie_pyrite

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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #6 on: 14 April 2009, 20:30 »
How about some 16x8 Rota Cups?

Or 16x7.5 lensos!
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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #7 on: 14 April 2009, 20:40 »
This is interesting, and apologies if this is a hijack, I have bought some mk3 carriers and calipers and done plenty of searching on here and other forums of late to get the definitive answer to the BBS RA's / 280mm question, and it appears some do and some don't fit ET35 vs ET38 apparently. However I am trying to understand if the spacer suggestion is a good step or not, I am unsure of the downsides to be honest so any info on this also would be much appreciated. Again apologies if this is deemed a hijack.
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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #8 on: 14 April 2009, 20:47 »
Quote from: jamie_pyrite on 14 April 2009, 20:30
How about some 16x8 Rota Cups?

Or 16x7.5 lensos!

Just looking at Rota Cups as you posted that :) Tempted by the Rota Cups :)

Don't worry about it Draper, its a very valid question on the topic, as they where the wheels I originaly wanted ^_^
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Re: Audi A3 280mm Brakes / 15" wheels?
« Reply #9 on: 14 April 2009, 20:50 »
well i fitted my ats cups my pads and discs were half way worn so all i needed was a 3mm spacer and they fitted fine, with only a 3mm spacer i didnt notice any contact on the arch and it seemed fine, also my bbs ET38 fitted fine with pleanty of pad and disc but the cups are quite a tight design anyway with not much room for the caliper
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